Playdate Crash Loop on OS 3.0.2

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I uninstalled a game, exited Game Library, then reentered Game Library only for my device to crash.

I pressed A to restart and it immediately crashed again. This goes on infinitely. The device will not boot into the main menu.

It says it is an e1 error. The error message reads:

CoreLibs/graphics.lua:541: invalid bitmap size 0 x 14

I tried doing a hard reset via the pin hole in the crank slot, nothing changes. It still crashes upon booting.

I tried recovery mode. It applied the system update and restarted, only to go back to the crash screen.

I managed to boot it into disk mode and look through the files. The game I uninstalled is no longer there in both the games folder and the data folder. It uninstalled properly.

Has this happened to anyone? Does anyone have a solution?

Posted Jan 25, 2026, 11:13 PM UTC

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